I did my undergraduate at the Universitat de Vic. I joined the MCG lab in June 2014.
I’m trying to understand the role of some transcription factors in Capsaspora owczarzaki, as well as developing a transfection protocol for this organism.

I joined the MCG lab in July 2015. I did my undergraduate at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. My aim is to unravel the whole diversity of unicellular opisthokonts and animals by using metabarcoding data from Tara Oceans, and Biomarks, as well as by sequencing fresh-water environments.

I joined MCG lab in September 2015. I did my undergraduate and master studies at the Universitat de Barcelona (UB). I am using comparative genomics to understand the origins of multicellularity in fungi and animals.

Alberto Pérez PosadaPhD student; La Caixa fellowshipI joined the lab in October 2015. I am developing genetic tools for Capsaspora for further studies in cell signalling in unicellular holozoans. +34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6026alberto.perez@upf.edu

Aleksandra Kozyczkowska

PhD student – Moore Foundation contract

I work on development of new model organisms among unicellular relatives of animals such as Corallochytrium limacisporum and Creolimax fragrantissima. That includes development of genetic tools and study the biology of those organisms.

I joined the MCG lab in September 2016. I will work in single-cell genomics and transcriptomics of opisthokonts. +34 93.230.95.00-ext. 6026konstantina.mitsi@ibe.upf-csic.es

Michelle LegerPostdoctoral Researcher – Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant

I joined the MCG lab in November 2016. I’m exploring the distribution and function of apoptosis-related elements in unicellular opisthokonts, to shed light on the origins of the apoptotic machinery of animals.

I joined the lab in 2017 after an undergrad at the University of Grenoble and a PhD at the University of Lausanne. I’m interested in the cytoskeletal changes requiered during the unicellular to multicellular transition. In parallel, I’m developing novel genetic tools to understand multicellularity stabilization using experimental evolution.

I joined the lab in February, 2018, arriving from the Station Biologique de Roscoff, France. I study the biology, community structure and evolution of the most abundant microbial eukaryotes in the surface ocean.

I joined the lab in 2019 after a Ph.D. and postdoc at the University of Barcelona. I am interested in the phylogeny and evolution of basal clades related to the transition from unicellular to multicellular. The discovery of new taxonomic groups will be one of my objectives in the group.

I work in the study of Corallochytrium limacisporum, a protist phylogenetically close to animals, developing genetic tools and understanding its genetic tools and morhpologies due to its importance as a potential model organism in the study of cell biology.

I belong to Kyoto University (Japan) and joined the MCG lab in April 2019. I am interested in morphogenesis mechanism of testate amoeba. I will work on single-cell RNA-seq to reveal its molecular mechanism.